Ms. Clementine Nkweta-Salami has been confirmed as a Keynote Speaker at the 3rd Annual International Multi-Disciplinary Conference of the Research Week 2020. The theme of the conference is “Global and Local Response to Emerging issues in the Second Decade of the Millenium: Opportunities and Threats.”
Ms. Clementine Nkweta-Salami assumed her functions as the Director for the Regional Bureau for East and Horn of Africa, and the Great Lakes Region (EHAGL) in August 2019. The EHAGL Regional Bureau covers 11 countries, including Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda and the UNHCR Representative’s Office to the African Union and United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (RAUECA). Ms. Nkweta-Salami also oversees UNHCR’s engagement with the East African Community (EAC), the
International Conference of the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) and the Intergovernmental Authority for Development (IGAD).
Prior to her arrival, Ms. Nkweta-Salami was UNHCR’s Representative in Ethiopia where she served for four years. She also served as UNHCR’s Regional Representative for Southern Africa accredited to the Republic of South Africa, based in Pretoria, overseeing UNHCR’s operations in Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Zambia Zimbabwe and the Indian Ocean Island countries.
For more information visit the conference page: https://uonresearch.org/current-events/rw-imc2020/
